capital campaign update - Giving to MSU - Michigan State University

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN UPDATE: JUNE 2006
Michigan State University announces several recent gifts to The Campaign for MSU.
The goal of the campaign is to raise $1.2 billion by 2007 to grow MSU’s endowment
and sustain our excellence. These funds will ensure our long-term strength and raise
support for students, faculty and staff, new research and teaching, new facilities and
infrastructure, and the enhancement of campus beauty and functionality.
Since the start of the campaign in 1999, $1.132 billion has been raised, which includes
$329.5 million raised toward our endowment goal of $450 million during 2007.
Growing our endowment allows MSU to attract and retain the best faculty, and offer
scholarships and fellowships to attract the brightest students, while providing
accessibility for deserving students.
Listed below are highlights of a variety of recent campaign fundraising activities:
Steven H. Noll has made a charitable bequest valued at $4.18 million, $2.7 million of which will be
dedicated to the creation of an endowed discretionary fund in the College of Engineering to be known as
the Steven H. Noll Dean’s Fund for Quality, Excellence & Opportunity in Engineering. In addition, Noll
has committed to giving his $1.1 million collection of prints to the Kresge Art Museum and to designating
$300,000 endow a fund for the Spartan Marching Band.
Robert and Meri Goodman have established the Robert and Meri Goodman Scholarship/Fellowship in
Economics through a generous charitable bequest in their estate plans. The fund will provide financial
assistance to students pursuing a degree in economics.
Robert and Georgia Burgess have made cash and planned gifts totaling $2.25 million to MSU. Their gifts
will provide critical funding for venture development and entrepreneurship education and opportunities in
The Eli Broad College of Business as well as a student enrichment program in interior design within the
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Alvin and Irene Arens have committed to funding 13 annual $10,000 scholarships through annual gifts of
cash starting in 2006 in support of students in the colleges of Education, Business and Nursing. They have
also documented a planned gift in support of their scholarship program.
MSU School of Music Professor of Composition Jere T. Hutcheson and his wife, Mary, recently
documented a generous future gift of $1.5 million. Created by a charitable bequest through their estate
plans, the fund will be known as the Jere Hutcheson Endowed Chair in Music Composition and is the first
commitment designated for a named endowed chair in the School of Music.
The Forest Akers Trust formalized an agreement in February of 2006 to give $1 million to MSU to
establish the Forest Akers Study Abroad Endowed Scholarship Fund. The fund provides a tremendous
opportunity for students who otherwise would have to forgo Study Abroad due to financial constraints.

Donald and Nancy Hodgkiss recently established an endowed chair in civil engineering via a charitable
bequest of remaining retirement plan assets. It will be called The Donald and Nancy A. Hodgkiss Endowed
Chair in Civil Engineering, and they hope the focus will specifically be on road and airport design and
construction.
Ron and Sharon Rogowski have established a new endowed scholarship to support students interested in
becoming chemistry teachers. The scholarship is named in memory of Doug Kostal, a former student and
friend of Ron’s who taught high school chemistry and whose passion for his work inspired the Rogowskis.
MSU is one of four Big Ten universities to receive a grant from 3M to fund the 3M Engineering Student
Retention Initiative. The grant, which can be renewed for four years for up to $650,000 total, addresses the
looming shortage of engineers and technical workers and has allowed the college to hire a Recruitment and
Retention Coordinator.
MSU Provost Kim Wilcox and his wife, Diane Del Buono, recently established a collections endowment
for the Library Agricultural Collections. Diane and Kim share a deep concern for sustainable farming
systems throughout the world and look forward to seeing the resources purchased with proceeds from their
endowment used by scholars.
Bonnie Larson established an endowment honoring her parents, Don and Cecile Borgeson. Established
through Bonnie and her husband Bob’s estate plans, the Borgesons chose to create the Cecile A. and
Donald R. Borgeson Education Enhancement Fund in The Eli Broad College of Business.
Rick and Sue Liblong have made $380,000 in current and future commitments to MSU to established The
Richard and Susan Liblong Endowed Scholarship in Communication Arts and Sciences. The scholarship
will be funded through a $350,000 charitable bequest within their estate plans as well as a $30,000 current
gift that will establish the Liblong Scholarship immediately.
Mexican Consul Antonio Meza Estrada presented a $25,000 grant from the Mexican government in support
of MSU's High School Equivalency Program, or HEP, a 13-week session in which students attend class,
live on campus and leave MSU with the equivalent of a high school diploma. Most students involved in
HEP are from migrant worker families, and many attend MSU after completion.
For more information about The Campaign for MSU or any of the gifts listed above, contact University
Development at (517) 884-1000.
Upcoming Events
8 th Annual Southeast Michigan Appreciation Reception – June 20, 2006
Northern Michigan Event – August 18, 2006
President’s Campaign Cabinet Meeting – October 13, 2006
President’s Brunch – October 14, 2007